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>From the MLN: New Fast Fact on MLN Provider Compliance Webpage - A new fast >fact is now available on the MLN Provider >Compliance<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/45_ProviderCompliance.asp> webpage. >This webpage provides the latest Medicare Learning Network products designed >to help Medicare Fee-For-Service providers understand - and avoid - common >billing errors and other improper activities. Please bookmark this page and >check back often as a new fast fact is added each month! >From the MLN: "CMS Website Wheel" Educational Tool Revised - The CMS Website >Wheel educational tool (ICN 006212) has been revised; this educational tool is >available only in hardcopy. It is designed to provide a variety of CMS >Medicare related website addresses, including URLs for topics such as ICD-10, >E-Prescribing, 5010, and more. To order hardcopies of this product, visit >http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts and click on 'MLN Product Ordering Page' under >'Related Links Inside CMS' at the bottom of the webpage. >From the MLN: "Basics of DMEPOS Accreditation" Fact Sheet Revised - "The >Basics of DMEPOS >Accreditation<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/DMEPOS_Basics_FactSheet_ICN905710.pdf>" > fact sheet (ICN 905710) has been revised and is now available in downloadable >format. This fact sheet is designed to provide education on durable medical >equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS), and includes >information so suppliers can meet DMEPOS Quality Standards established by the >CMS and become accredited by a CMS-approved independent national Accreditation >Organization. It also includes information on the types of providers who are >exempt. >From the MLN: Now Available - Medicare Billing Certificate Programs for Part >A and Part B Providers - Learn about the Medicare Program, and the specifics >for your provider type with a special focus on Medicare billing, and receive a >certificate in Medicare billing from CMS for successful completion of the >Program. Successful completion consists of completion of all required >web-based training courses, required readings, and a 75-percent or higher >score on the post-assessment. To participate in either the Part A or Part B provider type program, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNproducts and click on 'Web-Based Training Modules' under 'Related Links Inside CMS.' >From the MLN: "DMEPOS Information for Pharmacies" Fact Sheet Revised - The >"DMEPOS Information for >Pharmacies<http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/DMEPOS_Pharm_FactSheet_ICN905711.pdf>" > fact sheet (ICN 905711) has been revised and is now available in downloadable >format. This fact sheet is designed to provide education for pharmacies on >durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS), and >includes information on accreditation by a CMS-approved independent national >accreditation organization as well as information for pharmacies want to be >considered for an exemption from the accreditation requirements. >From the MLN: "Home Health Agencies Avoid Payment Reductions - Participate in >HHCAHPS Now" MLN Matters Article Released - MLN Matters Special Edition >Article #SE1214, "Home Health Agencies (HHAs) Avoid Payment Reductions - >Participate in HHCAHPS (Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare >Providers and Systems) >Now<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/SE1214.pdf>," has been >released and is now available in downloadable format. This article is >designed to provide education on the HHCAHPS, in which HHAs must participate >to be eligible for the full market basket payment increase for CY2014. It >includes important resource and contact information that HHAs can use to meet >this requirement and also help ensure that Medicare beneficiaries and their >families benefit from HHCAHPS data about patients' perspectives on care >received from nationally-certified Medicare HHAs. >From the MLN: "Affordable Care Act, Section 3113 - Laboratory Demonstration >for Certain Complex Diagnostic Tests" MLN Matters Article Available - Please >remember that MLN Matters Article #MM7516, "Affordable Care Act, Section 3113 >- Laboratory Demonstration for Certain Complex Diagnostic Tests (This Article >Fully Rescinds and Replaces >MM7413)<http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM7516.pdf>," has been >made available in downloadable format. This article is designed to provide >education on the demonstration project that CMS implemented for certain >complex diagnostic laboratory tests, which began on Sun Jan 1, 2012, as >outlined in Change Request 7516 and required under Section 3113 of the >Affordable Care Act. It includes information about the provisions under >Section 3113 and the demonstration, which will be conducted for two years, or >until the $100 million payment ceiling established by the Affordable Care Act >has been reached. ________________________________ CMS.gov Website Upgrade CMS is in the process of making upgrades to the www.CMS.gov<http://www.CMS.gov> website. If you encounter problems accessing information while on the site, please refresh the page or check back later. We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience. ________________________________ It's Not too Late to Give and Get the Flu Vaccine. Take advantage of each office visit and protect your patients against the seasonal flu. Medicare will continue to pay for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for all Medicare beneficiaries through the entire flu season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also recommends that patients, healthcare workers and caregivers be vaccinated against the seasonal flu. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ________________________________ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. 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